SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ATBM TESTING KABANBAY, USSR (SANITIZED)

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January 16, 1984
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25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ...- This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 SC'AIEBO~A'~RD- ACTI111T~Y~~ ELYABIN81 ~r_nr_e~n PRO_BA~BLY AS~SOCIATED~ WITH ATBM ~TESTINI ~. -~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ICABANBAY, tlS~SRi~ ~ -.- ,.- _ / ,, A ~.~'~: - ~A .___ k ~ TURKESTAN ~C ASSUMED SCALEB_0_ARD A. CTi/,Y,/iTiY AREA - A'CTUi4[ ACTT/,Y/iTiY AREA Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Q Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 i Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 e ~vurux~v Top Secret R U F F (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of Copy Attachment to , 25X1 NPIC/IEG. (01/84) 16 JANUARY 1984 SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY, PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH ATBM TESTING B B SSR SWN 1. SIGNIFICANCE: SCALEBOARD SS-12/22 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC LES E U PMENT AT NEWLY IDENTIFIED FIELD SITES WEST OF THE ARAL SEA MAY BE LINKED TO ANTITACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILE (ATBM) TESTS AT THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: BETWEEN JUNE 1982 AND SEPTEMBER 1983, THE SOVIETS ~ ON~STR TED TWO SCALEBOARD SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE (SRBM) FIELD SITES IN A REMOTE AREA WEST OF THE ARAL SEA, APPROXIMATELY 300 NM SOUTH OF THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER (GRAPHIC 1). BOTH SITES CONSISTING OF 25X1 TENTS, BIVOUACS AND OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, WERE ~ OCCUPIED WITH SCALEBOARD E UIPMENT ON THE MOST RECENT IMAGERY OF THE LOCATION OF THE SITES 25X1 I RELATIVE TO OTHER MILITARY UNITS IN THE TURKESTAN MILITARY DISTRICT AND RECENT EVENTS AT EMBA SUGGEST THAT THIS SCALEBOARD ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO TESTING OF THE EMBA-04 SUBSYSTEM OF THE SA-X-12 AT EMBA RATHER THAN A TYPICAL MILITARY TRAINING EXE THE EMBA-04 IS ASSESSED TO HAVE AN ATBM CAPABILITY. -I-SE. 25X1 KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITE 1 GRAHPIC 2) WAS IDENTIFIED AT 440605N 0572931E ON TWO SCALEBOARD 25X1 TRANSPORTER-ERECTOR-LAUNCHERS (TEL) AND ONE MAZ-535/537 HEAVY DUTY CRANE WERE WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE STORAGE AREA. OTHER NEARBY FACILITIES INCLUDE A PROBABLE HEADQUARTERS, A POL STORAGE AREA WITH MR-10 COLLAPSIBLE FUEL CONTAINERS, A PROBABLE METEOROLOGICAL STATION, AND A TROOP BIVOUAC AREA. (SWN) KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITE 2 (GRAPHIC 3) IS AT 440855N 0573814E. TWO PROBABLE SCALEBOARD TEL AND TWO PROBABLE SCALEBOARD RESUPPLY VEHICLES WERE PARKED UNDER CAMOUFLAGE NETTING IN A VEHICLE STORAGE PARK AT THIS FIELD SITE. ' THREE, POSSIBLY FOUR, MISSILE CANISTERS WERE ON THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE VEHICLES. A FENCE-SECURED TECHNICAL SUPPORT AREA AND HELICOPTER LANDING PAD ARE NORTHWEST OF THE VEHICLE These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardls) they were prepared for and must be considered NOFORN Top Secret R U F F Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 tvuruxiv Top Secret R U F F 25X1 (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2~ of 3 Copy Attachment to I 125X1 NPIC/IEG (01/84) 16 JANUARY 1984 PARK. A POSSIBLE METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT STATION IS SOUTHWEST OF THE VEHICLE PARK, AND OTHER BUNKERS AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE VEHICLE PARK. THE TWO TACTICAL SSM FIELD SITES ARE APPROXIMATELY 7 NM APART. (SWN) THE ONLY OTHER SCALEBOARD DEPLOYMENT IDENTIFIED IN THE TURKESTAN MILITARY DISTRICT WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED AT KURGANCHA LAUNCH POSITION 6 IN OCTOBER 1983 (NPIC IAC 445 FOR 12 OCTOBER 1983). (SWN) ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THESE SITES AT KABANBAY MAY BE LAUNCHING SCALEBOARD MISSILES TOWARD THE EMBA MISSILE TEST CENTER TO SERVE AS TARGET VEHICLES FOR THE EMBA-04 SUBSYSTEM OF THE SA-X-12 WHICH IS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT EMBA. USING THE SCALEBOARD AS A TARGET VEHICLE FOR THE EMBA-04 SUBSYSTEM COULD ALLOW THE SOVIETS TO BETTER ASSESS THE CAPABILITIES OF THE EMBA-04, ESPECIALLY THE ENGAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION RADARS, AGAINST A MISSILE SIMILAR TO THE PERSHING II NPIC IAC 537 FOR 22 DECEMBER 1983). ACCORDING FAILED TO DETECT ANY SCALEBOARD E 1983 IMAGERY , THAT AREA. EMBA IS APPROXIMATELY 270 NM NORTH OF KABANBAY AND WELL WITHIN THE 490 NM RANGE OF SCALEBOARD MISSILES. THE SCALEBOARD EQUIPMENT MAY HAVE COME BY RAIL FROM THE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED SCALEBOARD UNIT IN KURGANCHA, 360 NM SOUTHEAST OF KABANBAY, NEAR THE AFGHANISTAN BORDER. A RAIL LINE FROM KURGANCHA PASSES WITHIN 6 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE KABANBAY TAC SSM FIELD SITES. IF THESE SITES IVERE ESTABLISHED TO PRIMARILY SUPPORT ATBM TESTING, THE MISSILES USED IN THESE TESTS PROBABLY CAME FROM EMBA AS TIIEY WOULD NEED SPECIALLY DESIGNED TELEME IN TALLED AND EXTENSIVE CIiECKOUT PROCEDURES. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boardls) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. NOFORN Top Secret R U F F 25X1 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3 NU~'UkN Top Secret R U F F (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 3 of 3 Copy COORDINATES 44-06-05N 057-29-31E (S) COORDINATES 44-08-55N 057-38-14E '~~Y~ 25X1 NPIC/IEG (01/84) 16 JANUARY 19825X1 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boards) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. NOFORN Top Secret RUFF (S) 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/31 :CIA-RDP84T00171 8000301410001-3